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detractive

[ dih-trak-tiv ]

adjective

  1. tending or seeking to detract.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å±ð·³Ù°ù²¹³¦î€ƒt¾±±¹±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • »å±ð·³Ù°ù²¹³¦î€ƒt¾±±¹±ð·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôd±ð·³Ù°ù²¹³¦î€ƒt¾±±¹±ð adjective
  • non»å±ð·³Ù°ù²¹³¦î€ƒt¾±±¹±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôd±ð·³Ù°ù²¹³¦î€ƒt´Ç·°ù²â adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôd±ð·³Ù°ù²¹³¦î€ƒt¾±±¹±ð adjective
  • un»å±ð·³Ù°ù²¹³¦î€ƒt¾±±¹±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ü²Ôd±ð·³Ù°ù²¹³¦î€ƒt´Ç·°ù²â adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of detractive1

From the Middle French word detractif, dating back to 1480–90. See detract, -ive
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Example Sentences

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By naming Breitbart News’ Stephen Bannon as his top campaign executive, Trump is taking a detractive, rather than additive approach to voter engagement, even among would-be allies on the right. Recently,

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Beyond this, the detractive gossip attacked the personnel of the new company.

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Well, I'll knock under; I'll agree to your high estimate of them, intellectually and morally, only with that detractive element of poverty which makes even clever men submissive, and occasionally squeezes conscience into a compromise.

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Doth a man reproach thee for being proud or ill-natured, envious or conceited, ignorant or detractive, consider with thyself whether his reproaches be true.

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